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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 440, 7 November 1868, Page 2

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G key Rivgß Arous Office, Friday evening. The amount of revenue received at the Custom House on goods passed for home consumption, on Thursday and Friday, November 5 and 6, was £64 Is Bd. The items were as follows :—r

Melbourne.—The Argus of the 28th ult. reports : — The iinp»rt markets to-day have not been characterised by much activity, and business in general merchandise is very slow indeed. The unusual circumstance of the two English mails—via Panama and Suez—being telegraphed on one and the same day, has given riße to a good deal of comment. The arrival of the former at Sydney puts us in possession of dates from California to sth September. Flour was quoted at 4sdol to 54d01, according to brand, per 20001 b ; and wheat 1.65d0l per 1001 b. The Ashburton had arrived from Sydney. Advices from Valparaiso reach to the Ist September. Flour was quoted firm at G.25d0l in Tome, and 7.25d0l in Valparaiso. These accounts, though so very meagre, are not considered unsatisfactory ; but they have not in auy way stimulated our markets for breadstuffs, business in flour having been confined to small sales for trade purposes, at Ll3 10s for second and Ll4 for best brands. At auction, about a hundred tons were disposed of at Ll3 to Ll3 10s, since which the trade have refused to operate at within 5s of the quotations first named. The sale of the Cowper's cargo of 1000 tons of Californian wheat, effected in Melbourne to a Sydney firm, was not generally known, as that fact must doubtless have imparted more firmness to the market, fears having been entertained that the cargo in question would be sent round here. In feeding grain we note the sale of a small parcel of oats under the hammer, at 3s sd. Maize is very firm at 3s lOd. The entire cargo of the Bloomfield, comprising about 6400 bushels, was sold to arrive, .at a very full figure, say a.trifling concession on the rate already referred to. A line of about 1000 bushels malting barley was clearing off at (3s 7d. Sales of candles are reported at 10^1 for faulty lots. Some 2000 bags sugar were quitted this forenoon ; grey crystals realised L 36 10s, yellow brewing crystals brought 1-34; yellow counters sold at L3l 15s to L 32 10s; browns brought L2B 10s; •■id ratious, low to good, were quitted at £21 5s to L2l ss. A shipment of colza oil in drums was placed at 4s 7^d. Iv oilmen's store we note sales of jar salt, lib English jams, &c, at very full prices The offer of Patna rice under the hammer resulted in the sale of forty tons at £2010s. There has been a good demand for common to fine congou teas, and numerous transactions are said to be pending. In timber, we note sales of hickory, asli, oak, &c, for coach builders'use, and flooring boards, per Warrior. In liquids the only sale reported is that of a parcel of Otard's bulk brandy, pale and dark, at 6s 3d, effected at auction. Better rates are demanded for Hennessy's case ; sellers yesterday at 25s 6d now requires 265.

November 5. Brandy Sundries r £17 2 0 i - - , 1 11 3 £18 13 3 November 6. Brandy - £33 3 7 Geneva 7 4 0 Wive . 5 0 10 £45 8 5